The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 87
CHAPTER V.THE WEAVERS APPRENTICE. … ETER BECKER, one ofthe master weavers ofGermantown, was born atDilsheim, Germany, inthe year 1687, of Reform-ed parentage. He wasbrought up in that faith,but embraced the princi-ples of the Schwarzenaucongregation in 1714. Hewas the leading characterof the advance party ofGerman Baptists whoreached…
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